History of Computing
Origins to the Microprocessor
$0.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
COMPLETE TIMELINE
Explore over 30 founding milestones across 6 major eras: Antiquity and the Middle Ages (abacus, Antikythera mechanism, al-Khwarizmi), mechanical machines (Pascaline, Leibniz, Jacquard, Babbage, Ada Lovelace, Boole, Hollerith), the theoretical foundations of the 1930s (Turing, Shannon, Atanasoff), the vacuum tube era (Colossus, ENIAC, von Neumann, Grace Hopper), the transistor and IBM's rise (Bell Labs, UNIVAC, FORTRAN, integrated circuit, COBOL), and finally minicomputers and software foundations (ARPANET, Unix, C language, Intel 4004).
MACHINE GALLERY
12 landmark machines with Wikipedia photos, date, inventor and detailed profile: Antikythera mechanism, Pascaline, Jacquard loom, Babbage's Analytical Engine, Hollerith tabulator, Colossus, ENIAC, UNIVAC I, Bell Labs transistor, integrated circuit, IBM System/360, Intel 4004.
INTERACTIVE QUIZ
15 randomly shuffled questions to test your knowledge of computing pioneers. Real-time score, answer feedback, unlimited restarts.
BILINGUAL FRENCH / ENGLISH
Switch instantly between both languages with a single tap.
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Information
- Seller
- Michel Garlandat
- Size
- 5.8 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Michel Garlandat 2026
